After two long years in court, Rick Ross and LMFAO will no longer have to see each other under the watchful eye of a judge. A judge Friday tossed Rick Ross' lawsuit against the "Sexy and I Know It" group, saying that he did not own the exclusive rights to derivative works of his song "Hustlin," which contains the line "Everyday I'm Hustlin."
In her opinion, U.S. district Court judge, Kathleen M Williams took apart the proceedings of the part years breaking things down in a very simple manner. She wrote that the case should have started by asking via The Hollywood Reporter, "was the musical composition Hustlin' validly registered with the Copyright Office, and, if so, do Plaintiffs have an ownership interest in the exclusive right to prepare derivative works for the musical composition Hustlin'?"
Her answer to both of those questions was "no."
"Because Plaintiffs do not hold a valid copyright registration and because Plaintiffs have not established either legal or beneficial ownership of the exclusive right to prepare derivative works for Hustlin', Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment is DENIED and this case is DISMISSED," she writes.
The decision shouldn't be too shocking given recent developments in the case. In March the U.S. Copyright Office issued a statement that a copyright for the phrase "Everyday I'm Hustlin" never should have been issued. She also found that the three word phrase was not original enough to copyright for merchandise.
Rick Ross sued LMFAO over the line "Everyday I'm Shufflin" found in their song "Party Rock Anthem," saying it was too similar to his line in "Hustlin." After two years of litigation the case has been thrown out.
